Difficulty finding work, no help from government. feel like i need a hug!

[LanaD]

Hi all,

So I've been applying for jobs and have gotten many interviews but no offers, and my government refused me help. I'm trying to assess my options here but things are a little cloudy again. I can't tell if I'm "playing victim" or what.

My friends don't see what the problem is - some say I'm the problem without listening to me, which is infuriating. It's been nearly 2 years since I was assaulted by my boss, and I had a temp job after that, but that was already 1.5 years ago.

I've been trying to move away from my city because I don't feel safe there (other things have happened before and since the assault), but I've continued job hunting there anyway as well as in other cities and nothing.

Thing is, I know I need to improve my skills, as I haven't learned anything new in at least a couple of years - so my friends are partly right, I guess - but I can never focus on anything and the lack of a stable home makes things so much worse, which drives me crazy! At the moment I'm job hunting in another country, so no fixed home is part of the deal. I just don't know anymore. I feel so alone and without support in real life right now, and this community is the only place I feel I have any support.

 

[EveHarrington]

I don’t have any advice, but sending you hugs. :hug:

 

[Deleted member 12723]

Sending you many hugs.

 

[Snowflakes]

Gentle hug

 

[mumstheword]

((((((hugs)))))

 

[AlohaDreaming]

Do you have placement agencies you could talk to about the type of job you'd like to do? Maybe do something remote from home till you are comfortable working in an office setting again?

 

[LanaD]

Do you have placement agencies you could talk to about the type of job you'd like to do? Maybe do...

Thanks for your reply! I have reached out to various recruitment agencies and independent recruiters but so far no luck; they tell me I need certificates of one kind or another. I have done a bit of temp work here and there in unrelated areas, though. I'm now looking for work in a completely different field, for which I'm way beyond overqualified but at least it would provide some stability - and somewhere I feel safe.